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Jack joined the Latin Programme as a teacher at the end of 2018, and teaches in various schools around the city. Having not encountered Latin formally until his undergraduate degree, he is passionate about making languages (both modern and ancient) accessible to school students from all backgrounds. This enthusiasm for linguistics is something that he brings to his teaching, in order to encourage students to explore London’s amazing linguistic diversity. He also works with several food projects

Alex has a BA in Classics and an MPhil in Classical Literature. He specialised in Greek tragedy and poetry of the late Roman Republic. He teaches Latin to Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 in Central and North London, where he goes by the alternate titles ‘Magister’ or ‘Mr Latin.’ He prefers the latter.

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Rebecca trained and practised as a company law solicitor at Freshfields in London before moving into legal publishing for many years. More recently, she has been involved in the charity/educational sector both as a governor of a secondary school, trustee of a nursery school, trustee of a grant-making foundation and now as a trustee of The Latin Programme.

Philip has over 20 years experience in business, operations and financial management, and currently works in the not-for profit sector, overseeing the administrative management of the national mental health charity, OCD Action.

Simon has almost 30 years experience teaching Classics at secondary schools in England, 20 of which as Head of Department. He is currently teaching at Sevenoaks School, Kent, having previously taught at Goffs School, Cheshunt, Bath High School and Camden School for Girls.
Throughout his career he has sought to promote the teaching of Classics in schools and he has worked with Cambridge University in the training of Classics teachers.

Dr. Richard Gilder III received his MA in Classics from the Graduate Center of CUNY and his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. He has written two innovative Latin textbooks designed for the beginning and intermediate Latin student of any age: Via Facilis: Mastering Latin and Understanding Language and Via Non Difficilior: Deepening Our Mastery of Latin and Understanding of Language.

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Zanna has been with The Latin Programme from the start and was instrumental in its founding and establishment in London, initially as a dynamic teacher, then as Director of Latin and now as Executive Director.

The Latin Programme employs a small team of teachers on a part-time basis to deliver our unique Programme of Latin to primary schools across London. To find out more about teaching with us, please see below.